Capital city: Vienna
Size of the country: 83.858 km²
Number of inhabitants: 8,219.743 (est. 2012)
Official language(s): German
Money: Euro
National day: The Austrian National Day is on 26th of October and
dates back to the birth of the Second Republic after World War II.
After the end of the war Austria was occupied by the four Allied
forces. October 26th marks the day that followed the day on which
the last remaining troops left Austrian territory. Therefore, October
26th is the first day on which Austria had regained its status as an
independent and sovereign state. On that day, the Federal President
and the Federal Minister of Defense attend a celebration at
Heldenplatz (“Hero Square”) and the Federal President puts down a
wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Burgtor.
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The Council of Ministers holds a festive meeting and the government
attends a Concert for Austria at the Vienna Opera House.
Furthermore, the new recruits of the Austrian Armed Forces are
sworn in. The citizens have the possibility of visiting the federal
museums for free that day. Various institutions open their doors to
the public. All over the country, “marches for fitness” are organised.
Leopold the Good is considered the Patron Saint of Austria
(November 15th), but each Federal State has its own Patron Saint as
well.
Famous monuments:
· Ferdinand Raimund memorial (Vienna)
· St. Stephen’s Cathedral (Austria’s landmark)
Mountains: The Central Alps
Famous people from the country:
· Johann Strauß (composer, “king of the waltz”)
· Siegmund Freud (psychoanalyst)
Popular sports:
· Hermann Maier
· Renate Götschl
Biggest river: Danube
Seas or oceans around the country: Austria is a landlocked country in
Central Europe. The sea located closest to Austria is the Adriatic Sea,
which is part of the Mediterranean Sea.
Measured from the
southernmost part of Austria, it is about 110 km away (as the crow
flies...) / about 180 km real distance.

National day: On 3 July ( Independence Day, liberation of Minsk from
Greman occupation by Soviet troops in 1944).
Famous monuments:
Mountains: Belarus - Highest Mountains
Name
1

Gora Dzerzhinskaya
Voblastsʼ

Elevation
, Minskaya

Latitude/Longitude
53.851 / 27.069

345 m

2

Gora Perekop, Minskaya Voblastsʼ

207 m

53.85 / 26.61

3

Gora Vysokaya, Minskaya Voblastsʼ

188 m

53.476 / 27.978

4

Gora Sokolinskaya, Minskaya Voblastsʼ

182 m

53.432 / 27.97

5

Gora Lis’ya, Hrodzyenskaya Voblastsʼ

156 m

53.714 / 24.059

6

Gora Gora Krivaya, Brestskaya Voblastsʼ

155 m

51.957 / 24.844

7

Gora Tyutikovaya, Brestskaya Voblastsʼ

154 m

52.692 / 27.01

8

Gora Mayakova, Brestskaya Voblastsʼ

152 m

51.943 / 23.699

9

Gora Mayak, Hrodzyenskaya Voblastsʼ

151 m

53.847 / 24.603

10

Gora Lysaya, Homyelʼskaya Voblastsʼ

151 m

52.921 / 30.128

Famous people from the country: Aleksandrs Lukašenko

Popular sports: From the 1952 Helsinki Games until the end of the Soviet
era, Belarus competed in the Olympic Games as part of
the Soviet Olympic squad. During the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona,
Belarus competed as part of the Unified Team. The nation's athletes
competed in an Olympic Games as Belarusians for the first time during
the 1994 Lillehammer Games. Belarus has won a total of 52Olympic
medals; 6 gold, 17 silver and 29 bronze. The first Olympic medal for the
Soviet Union was won by Belarusian Mikhail Krivonosov at the 1956
Summer Olympic Games held in Melbourne,
Australia.[9] Belarus's National Olympic Committee has been headed by
President Lukashenko since 1997; he is the only head of state in the
world to hold this position.[10]
Receiving heavy sponsorship from the President himself, ice hockey is
the nation's most popular sport. Team Belarus finished a surprising
fourth in overall competition at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.
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Belarusian players have become common place in the NHL and
international competitions.
In January 2012, Victoria Azarenka from Belarus became a grand slam
champion, winning the Australian Open Championship defeating Maria
Sharapova in the final to become the women's No. 1 ranked player in the
world.[12] In recent years Darya Domracheva has emerged as one of the
top competitors in women's biathlon. She won a bronze medal in
the individual competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and has
subsequently won two World Championship golds in
the pursuit in 2012 and the mass start in 2013.

Biggest river(s):
Name

Total, km

In Belarus, km

Dnieper River

2145

690

Western Dvina

1020

328

Neman River

937

459

Bug River

831

169

Pripyat River

761

495

Sozh River

648

493

Berezina River

613

613

Vilija

510

276

Ptsich

421

421

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Shchara

325

325

Svislach River

297

297

Seas or oceans around the country: no

Created by Latvian team , from Mezotnes primary school / Latvia

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BELGIUM
(EU)

Situation in Europe:
Belgium

Capital city: Brussels

Size of the country: 30,528 square kilometers

Number of inhabitants: about 11 million people.

Official language(s): Dutch, French, and German.

Money:

Euro

National day: July 21. Its commemorates the day on which Leopold I
took the constitutional oath as the first King of Belgium, on July 21st
1831.

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Famous monuments :
the Grand Place and the Royal Palace

Mountains: There are no mountains in Belgium. The highest point of
Belgium is the Signal de Botrange (944m / 2,227 ft).

Famous people : King Albert II

Jacques Brel

Popular sports : Justine Henin

Kim Clijsters

Biggest river(s): Scheldt river, River Meuse

Seas or oceans around the country: In the northern part of our country
is the North Sea

Created by

Argyro and Christina / Greek team ,

from

1st Secondary School of Zefyri, Greece

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BULGARIA
EU

Situation in Europe:

Capital city:

SOFIA

Size of the country:

110.910 KM2

Number of inhabitants:

7.364.570 in 2011

Official language(s):

Bulgarian

Money:

The LEV

National day:

Liberation Day at the 3th of March

Famous monuments:

Madara Horseman

Mountains:

Rila Mountain, Rhodopos and the Bulkan
Mountains

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Famous people from the country : Vasil Levski

Popular sports :

Volleyball and Gymnastics

Biggest river(s):

Danube and Iskar (368 kilometers)

Seas or oceans around the country: Black Sea

Created by m2m the Dutch Team, CSG Willem van Oranje Oud-Beijerland, the
Netherlands

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CROATIA
(not yet EU)

Situation in Europe:
(Can you

Capital city: ZAGREB
Size of the country: 56.594 km2
Number of inhabitants: Population is about 4.5 million people. Exactly,
the results this year 2012 are approximately 4,485,173.
Official language(s): Croatian (Hrvaški jezik), with 3 dialects.
Money: Croatian currency is the kuna. Kuna is a Croatian word for
marten, an omnivorous forest mammal whose fur was highly valued and
used as a form of payment throughout the region during the Middle
Ages. The Croatian kuna was introduced as modern currency in 1994.

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National day: Independence Day is on October 8th. June 25th is
Statehood Day, August 5th Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and
the Day of Croatian defenders. The National days are celebrated by
politicians’ talks, some special programmes on Tv or just by hanging out
the flags and listening to some concerts held outside in the open air.
Famous monuments: the Cathédral, St. Mark`s Church, the Croatian
National Theatre.
Mountains: The country also has a mountainous region, especially along
the coast. The highest mountain is Dinara. It is 1831m high.The other
mountains are: Medvednica, Velebit, Žumberak, Biokovo, etc.
Famous people from the country: Ivica and Janica Kostelič, (In the past
also Dražen Petrović, the best basketball player, Goran Ivanišević, the
best tennis player).

Popular sports: skiing, waterpolo

Biggest river(s):
The longest river is
Sava which is in its full lenghth 945 km long, but through Croatia is runs
562 km long.
Seas or oceans around the country: Adriatic sea, part of the
Mediterranean sea and has no oceans. Maximum depth of our sea is
1,233 metres in the south.

Created by class 7ab/3, from Primary School Preska, Medvode,Slovenia
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Cyprus
(EU )
Situation in Europe:

Capital city: Nicosia, the last divided capital in two parts(Turkish and
Greek part)
Size of the country: 9,251 kmÂ˛ (3,572 sq. mi.)
Number of inhabitants: 839,000
Official language(s): Greek and Turkish
Money:

Euros

National day: 1st October is the National Independence Day of the
Republic of Cyprus
Famous monuments: The Kourion theatre near Limassol, The Kolossi
Castle (near Limassol)

Mountains: Troodos, with the highest mount being Olympus (or
Chionistra). Its altitude is 1.952m.
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Famous people from the country: Anna Vissi, Michalis Hadjiyiannis,
Marios Tokas ( singer, song writer and composer)
Popular sports : tennis, swimming, sailing
Biggest river(s): Pediaios ,100 km long
Seas or oceans around the country: The Eastern Mediterranean Sea.

Created by 8A,8B,8C / Project group , from o.š. Borovje, Croatia

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DENMARK
(EU)

Situation in Europe:

Capital city: COPENHAGEN
Size of the country: 43,094 square kilometers
Number of inhabitants: 5,599,665 inhabitants
Official language: Danish
Money: Euro
National day: 5th June. It is the day of enactment of of the Constitution in
1953.
Famous
monument:
Amalienborg
(Danish
pronunciation:
[aˈmæːˀljənbɒːˀ]) is the winter home of the Danish royal family, and is
located in Copenhagen.

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Mountains: In Denmark, there are no mountains. Officially declared the
highest point is Yding Skovhøj Denmark, which reaches 172.54 m.
Famous people from the country: Hans Christian Andersen
is the most famous Dane. He was a writer and wrote fairy
tales.

Popular sports: Cycling and swimming. Lasse Norman Hansen won an
Olympic gold medal in London in track cycling. Jeanette Ottesen was the
best athlete in 2012 in Denmark. She is a swimmer.
Biggest river: The Gudenå is the longest river in Denmark.
Seas or oceans around the country: Denmark is surrounded by the
North Sea and the Baltic Sea.

Created by Slovak team, from the High Medical School in Prešov,
Slovakia

Mountains: No
Famous people from the country: Toomas Hedrik (president),
Karl Robert Jakobson ( writer)

Popular sports: Athletics : GERD KANTER

EHA RUUNE

Biggest river(s): Emajogi (about 218 km)

Seas or oceans around the country: Estonia is located by the Baltic Sea

Created by 8A team,
from Plunge acad. A.Jucys Basic school, Lithuania

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FINLAND ( EU)

Situation in Europe:

Capital city: HELSINKI
Size of the country: 338 432 square kilometers
Number of inhabitants: about 5,421,827 inhabitants
Official language(s): Finnish and Swedish
Money: Euro
National day: December 6 (Independence Day)
Famous monuments (1 or 2): Many of monuments are in Helsinki-Like
the Senate Square and its surroundings, Suomenlinna Maritime fortress
founded in 1748 and one of the biggest sea fortresses in the world, as
well as Sibelius Monument (www.visithelsinki.fi.)
Mountains: FINLAND is not mountainous but there are the fells in
Lapland. The highest is Halti, 1323 m.
Famous people from the country: Sauli Niinistรถ (president)
C.G.E Mannerheim (ex-president), Jean Sibelius (composer)
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Popular sports: Ice hockey, Formula One
Biggest river(s): Kemijoki (about 550 km)
Seas or oceans around the country: Finland is located by the Baltic Sea
and the Gulf of Bothnia.

Created by 7A team, from Plunge acad. A. Jucys, Lithuania

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France
(EU)

Situation in Europe:

Capital city: The capital city is Paris. The important monument is the
Eiffel Tower (la tour Eiffel)
Size of the country: 675 417 km²
Number of inhabitants: 65 586 000, Minorities are North-Africa, Africa,
Asia, Portugal.
Official language(s): The official language is French.
Money: Euro
National day: July, 14th – French Revolution
Famous monuments :
Le Musée du Louvre

Seas or oceans around the country: Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean
Sea, North Sea, English Channel.

Created by 9.AB from Mistra Choceňského, The Czech Republic

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GERMANY
EU

Situation in Europe:

Capital city: Berlin
Size of the country:357.000 kmÂ˛
Number of inhabitants:82 million
Official language(s):German
Money: Euro
National day: On Oct. 3, 1990 East and West Germany were officially
reunficated after the two separate states had existed alongside for 40
years. We now celebrate this day annually as our National holiday.
Another important date for this reunification process was the opening of
the borders and the fall of the wall which began on Sept. 11, 1989.
Famous monuments: There are a number of famous sights in Germany.
One of the biggest and most famous monuments is the Brandenburg
Gate in Berlin.

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Mountains: Germany has a large number of hill and mountain regions. In
southern Germany are also connected to the Alps. "Zugspitze" with its
2,900 meters is the highest point of the country.

Famous people from the country:
Konrad Adenauer former chancellor
Alois Alzheimer psychiatirst, neuropathologist, identified alzheimer
disease
Popular sports: Football and boxing
Biggest river(s): Ren is the main river of Germany, with a length of 867
km.
Seas or oceans around the country: Germany is located in the North Sea
and the Baltic Sea

Capital city: Athens
Size of the country:131,940 square kilometers
Number of inhabitants:10,601,527.
Official language(s):Greek
Money:

€uro

National day: the Greek independence day on 28 of October and on 25
of March
Famous monuments: Acropolis
Mountains: Olympus
Famous people from the country: Socrates , Platon , Arystoteles
Popular sports : Pirros Dimas - weightlifter , Voula Patoulidou - hurdler
Biggest river(s): Aliaknomas
Seas or oceans around the country: Ionian Sea, Aegean Sea and Libyan
Sea
Created by Polish team/ Kasia Reszczyńska
from Poland/ Gimnazjum nr 3 z Oddziałami
Integracyjnymi w Głogowie

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Hungary
EU

Situation in Europe:

Capital city: Budapest
Size of the country: 93.030 km2
Number of inhabitants:Population- 9,942,000
Official language(s):Hungarian
Money:The forint
National day:23 October National Day Nemzeti ünnep The day of the
proclamation of the Third Hungarian Republic (since 1989), 1956
Revolution memorial day. Celebrated with speeches and exhibitions
15 March National Day Nemzeti ünnep Márciusi ifjak ("March
youths"), memorial day of the 1848 Revolution. There are usually
speeches and music pieces performed; several people wear a
cockade with the national colours (red, white and green).
20 August Saint Stephen's Day Szent István ünnepe St. Stephen's
Day, Foundation of State, "the day of the new bread" as well. St.

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Stephen of Hungary (Szent István király in Hungarian) (ca. 975 –
15 August 1038), was the first king of Hungary.
Celebrated with a huge half-hour fireworks display on the bank of
the Danube in the evening, which is attended by many people on
both river banks and is watched by many from the hills on the
Buda side of the river.

Famous monuments: Applied Arts Museum, Andrassy Ut, Basilica of St
Stephen.
Mountains:Kékes , Galyatető , Istállós-kő
Famous people from the country :Fransz Liszt ( greatest pianist) , Bela
Karolyi- Gymnastics coach guided many female athletes to Olympic
gold
Popular sports: Gymnastics
Biggest river(s): The Danube flows through Hungary, which is the
longest river in the European Union, and second longest in the
continent of Europe.
Seas or oceans around the country: Hungary is a country in Central
Europe. Hungary not have the borders with any sea.

National day: The Icelandic Independence Day is June 17th.
Famous monuments:
· Fishermen's Monument, Isafjordur, Iceland
· Jón Gunnar Árnason's Solfar SunCraft sculpture
Mountains: Iceland is a mountainous country. Hvannadalshnúkur in
Oraefajokulkl glacier is the highest mountain of the country. It rises to
2111 m in height.
Famous people from the country:
· Hallgrimur Helgason (visual artist and writer)
· Halldor Laxness (novelist)
Popular sports:
· football
· handball
Biggest rivers:
· Pjórsá (longest):
· Ölfusá (greatest flow)
Seas or oceans around the country: Iceland is an island situated in
the North Atlantic Ocean. The northernmost part of Iceland reaches
the Norwegian Sea and the Greenland Sea (which is often defined
as part of the Arctic Ocean).

National day:
· February 16 Day of Re-establishment of the State of Lithuania
(1918) Lietuvos valstybės atkūrimo diena
· March 11 Day of Restitution of Independence of Lithuania
(from the Soviet Union, 1990) Lietuvos nepriklausomybės
atkūrimo diena
· July 6 Statehood Day Valstybės (Lietuvos karaliaus
Mindaugo karūnavimo) diena Commemorates coronation of
the first king, Mindaugas.

Famous monuments:
Gediminas Tower in Vilnius

Vilnius Cathedral

Mountains: There are no mountains but there are beautiful hill
landscapes.

Famous people from the country:
Vytautas Lansbergis,
Dalia Grybauskaite (President)

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MALTA
(member of the EU)

Situation in Europe:

Capital city: Valletta
Size of the country: 316km2
Number of inhabitants: 416 055
Official language(s): Maltese and English
Money: Euro
National day: St. Paul (February 10th)
Famous monuments: Ggnatija Temples and Hal Saflieni Hypogeum

www.themaltaexperience.net
www.worldcruisingguide.net
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St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Co-Cathedral

stjohnscocathedral.com

Mountains: no mountains, just some hills
Famous people from the country: Joseph Calleja (tenor),
Edward Debono (creator of Lateral
thinking)
Popular sports: football, rugby
Biggest river(s): There are no rivers!
Seas or oceans around the country: surrounded by the Mediterranean
Sea

Created by 2d, 2e, 2f
Bilingual Junior High School (Austria)

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Norway
(NON EU)

Situation in Europe:

Capital city: The capital city is Oslo. Visit Vigelandsparken, the
castle, Opera house and Holmenkollen.

http://www.trekearth.com/
Size of the country: 385 000kmÂ˛
Number of inhabitants:5,38 millions, about 600 000 have minority
background.
Official language(s): Norwegian is the official language, there is also
another norwegian language which is called sidemĂĽl/nynorsk. There
are many different dialects and sometimes it can be difficult to
understand each other there.

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Money: Norwegian crowns

http://www.norway.gr/

National day: National Day, a liberation day, that is 17th May. We
celebrate it by meeting in each local place, and having a band that
play different songs/ marches and we have parades in the streets.
the schools have each their banners and we wear our national
costumes, the bunad. It's normal that there are games for the
children, and that they can eat as much ice cream and hot dogs as
they wish.
Famous monuments :
The Royal palace: This is the King and the Queens castle. It’s in
Oslo, at the end of Karl Johan’s street.

http://www.theodora.com/
Nidarosdomen: This is the place where saint Olav is buried. You
can visit the Dome in Trondheim. It’s the end of the pilgrim route in
Norway.

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Mountains: The biggest mountain is called Galdhøpiggen and that is
2469 meters above the ocean. We have one which is taller if we
count the ice glacier which is on the top. That one is called
Glittertind.

Famous people from the country :
Petter Solberg; rally driver
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Thor Heyerdahl: Made a wooden raft and crossed the Pacific.
Famous for the KOon Tiki expedition

http://www.kon-tiki.no/

Popular sports: curling, skiing, cycling
Biggest river(s): Glomma
Seas or oceans around the country: We have a long coastline with The
North sea, Norwegian ocean and Barents ocean as our closest
ocean up north.

Created by 9.AB

from Mistra Choceňského, The Czech Republic

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POLAND
(EU)

Situation in Europe:

POLAND

Capital city: Warsaw.

Size: 322 575 km2.

Inhabitants: 38 538 447 inhabitants.

Official languages: the oficial language is Polish.

Money: The country's currency is the Polish zloty.
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National Day: Polish Independence Day is celebrated on November 11.
The flag is displayed. Warsaw military parade takes place. This day is
the commemoration of Poland's regaining independence after 123 years
of partitions by Russia, Prussia and Austria.

Monuments: Wawel Cathedral in Krak贸w

Mountains: Rysy Peak is located on the Polish-Slovak border, in the High
Tatras. It has three peaks, the highest of which is the central, located
entirely within the territory of Slovakia (2503 m), while the north is the
highest point of Poland (2499 m).

Famous people: -Fryderyk Chopin: He was a musical genius of the
nineteenth century.
-John Paul II, who was pope of the Catholic Church.

Rivers: The Vistula is the longest river in Poland

Sports(wo)men: -Justyna Kowalczyk: Polish cross-country ski champion,
four-time winner of the World Cup.
-Robert Lewandowski: He is a famous football player.

Mountains: Serra da Estrela -Torre (1993m)
Famous people from the country : Cristiano Ronaldo, football player
Christopher Colombus an explorer
Popular sports : football
Biggest river(s): Mondego, Sado, Tage.
Seas or oceans around the country: The Atlantic ocean

Famous people from the country:
Mircea Eliade (1907-1986) was a philosopher, a writer and one of the
most interesting personalities of the century
Nadia Comaneci is probably the most famous Romanian in the world,
being the first gymnast to receive a perfect score of ten in an Olympic
competition.

Capital city: Bratislava
Size of the country:49 035 square kilometres
Number of inhabitants: about 5,4 millions, 80.7% Slovaks, 8.5%
Hungarians, 2.0% Roma, 0.6% Czechs, 0.6% Rusyns, 0.6% others,
7.0% unspecified
Official language(s): Slovak
Money: â&#x201A;Źuro
National days:
1 January (1993) - Day of the Establishment of the Slovak Republic
5 July (863) - St. Cyril and Methodius Day
29 August (1944) - Slovak National Uprising anniversary
1 September (1992) - Day of the Constitution of the Slovak Republic
15 September - Day of Blesses Virgin Mary, patron saint of Slovakia
17 November (1939/1989) - Struggle for Freedom and Democracy
Day
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Famous monuments: Spišský Castle

St. Elisabeth Cathedral in Košice

Mountains:The highest peak is Gerlachovský peak, which is situated
2655 m above sea level.
Famous people from the country :
Milan Rastislav Štefánik-politician, diplomat, astronomer.
Jozef Murgaš- inventor, architect, botanist, painter.
Popular sports :
Michal Martikán- the most successful Slovak water slalom
Elena Kaliská- water slalom
Biggest river(s):The longest river in Slovakia is Váh. Váh is 403 km long
and exceeds the height difference of 900 meters.
Seas or oceans around the country:The Adriatic Sea is the nearest sea
to Slovakia. Slovakia is connected with the sea by the River Danube. It
connects Slovakia with The Black Sea and via the canals with The
Northern Sea.

Slovenia has been member in the European Union since 2004. The colors in Slovenians flag are red,
blue and white. Slovenians capital city is Ljubljana, Ljubljana has a famouse castle called Ljubljana
castle. It was build at the 12th century. Many tourists travel to Slovenia to see the Ljubljana castle
and people go to concerts to the outdoor theater Krizanke.
Slovenia has a area of 20,253 square km and just 2 million people live there. In Slovenia you speak
Slovenian language. In Slovenia they bay whit euro. Slovenia became an independent country since
1991 from Yugoslavia and from 1991 they celebrate it every year in the 25th of June. Forma viva is a
beautiful art museum on the coast of Slovenia. The highest mountain in Slovenia is in Triglav, itÂ´s
2861m high .Among politicians, actors, musicians, producers, sportsmen, writers, businessmen and
others, itÂ´s hard to choose who is more famous than the other. The longest river in Slovenia is called
Sava, and the second largest river is Drava. Tina maze is one of the famous sportswomen in Slovenia.

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The Ljubljana castle

The Slovenian flag

The highest mountain in Slovenia

By: Suzanne Saleem and Natali Moshiri, Sweden
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SPAIN
(EU )

Situation in Europe:

Capital city: Madrid
Size of the country: 504 000 km2
Number of inhabitants: 47,000,000
Official language(s): Castilian (Spanish). There are more official
languages in some regions (Catalan, Basque, Galician).
Money: Euro.
National day: 12 October
Famous monuments : The Altamira cave in Cantabria, Sagrada Familia
in Barcelona.
Mountains: Spain is not a particularly mountainous country although its
average altitude is pretty high (660 m). The highest mountain is Teide
(3,717 m) in the Canary islands.
Famous people from the country : Picasso (painter), Cervantes (writer).
Popular sports: football, tennis.
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Biggest river(s): The longest river in the Iberian Peninsula is river Tagus.
It flows through Spain and Portugal. River Ebro is the longest Spanish
river.
Seas or oceans around the country: the Atlantic, the Mediterranean

Armed only with his bravery and moral courage,
Raoul Wallenberg saved tens of thousands of Jews from the Holocaust.
Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a story that has inspired the world. Wallenbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s achievements are a
reminder of the continuing need to fight racism.

Mountains:

Kebnekaise 2106 meters above ocean level.

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Famous people from the country : Alfred Nobel
Alfred was born in 1833 in Sweden. When he was 29
he made his first invention, a detonating cap for
Nitroglycerine.
In 1866, Nobel discovered dynamite.When he died in
1896, he left a great amount of money to a fund.
Every year money is taken out of the fund and given
to people who have done something good for
humanity; this is called The Nobel Prize

Marcus Hellner: Marcus Hellner (born 25 November 1985) is a Swedish
cross country skier. He took two Olympic gold in Vancouver in 2010. He
is good, but will never be better than Petter Northug from Norway.

Popular sports : Football and Ski.
Biggest river: Klarelven (The Klar river) 300 km.
Seas or oceans around the country: The Baltic sea and the Bothnian
sea.

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The Czech Republic
( EU )

Situation in Europe:

Capital city: The capital city is Prague. The famous sights are
Astronomical clock at the Old Town Square, Charles Bridge, Prague
Castle, Dancing House, St. Vitus Cathedral, Wenceslas Square.
Size of the country: 78,866 km2
Number of inhabitants: 10 505 445 milion. In the Czech republic there
are about 3,5% strangers. Slovaks (1,4%), Poles (0,4%), Germans
(0,2%), Roma, Hungarians, Ukrainians, Vietnamese, Russians,
Bulgarians and Serbs (about 1,5%).
Official language: There is one official language. The official language
is Czech. There are Moravian and Silesian dialects.
Money:
Czech crowns

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National day: The Patron is Saint Václav. National Day of Czech
Statehood is reminder of his death of torture and it is on 28th September.
Next national days are: Day of burning Jan Hus (6th July), Restoration
Day of the Independent Czech State (1st February), Establishment of the
Czechoslovak State (28th October), Day of Struggle for Freedom and
Democracy (17th November).

Famous monuments: The most famous monuments are situated in
Prague.
· Small fortress Terezín and National cemetry.
· Monuments of UNESCO: Historic Centre of Český Krumlov,
· Historic Centre of Prague

· Historic Centre of Telč
· Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora,
· Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St Barbara
and the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec

Mountains: The highest mountain in the Czech Republic is Sněžka. And
it is 1602m tall.

Famous people from the country:
· Karel Gott is the most famous Czech singer of popular
music. He was born 14th July 1939). 37 times he won
the Zlatý Slavík.

· Taťána Kuchařová is historically the most successful
Miss of Czech Republic. She was born 23rd December
1987. She won titles Miss of Czech republic (2006), Miss of
sympathy, Miss of the most sympathetic voice,
Miss of elegance (2006) and Miss of World
(2006).

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· Václav Havel was Czech playwright, essayist, critic of
the communist regime and later politician. He was
born 5th October 1936 and he died 18th December
2011). He was the first president of Czech Republic
(2nd February 1993 – 2nd February 2003) and the
ninthpresident of Czechoslovakia (29th December
1989 - 20th July 1992).

Popular sports: The most famous sportsman in the Czech Republic is
Jaromír Jágr. He ice hockey right winger.

And the most famous sportswoman in the
Czech Republic is Petra Kvitová, and she is
proffesional tennis player. And good team is Hc Eaton
Pardubice.

Biggest river(s):
(450kilometres).

The longest river in the Czech area is Vltava

Seas or oceans around the country: The nearest sea is the Baltic Sea
to the north and a little bit further is the Adriatic Sea to the south. As the
Czech Republic is in the Central Europe the country does not border with
any sea.

Created by Bulgarian team, from Sv. Sv. Kiril and Metodyi School,
Zaraevo

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THE NETHERLANDS
(EU)

Situation in Europe:

Capital city: Amsterdam
Size of the country: 41.526 sq km.
Number of inhabitants: 16.798.960
Official language(s): Dutch
Money: Euro
National day:
30th of April: Queens Day
4th of May: Remembrance of Second World War
5th of May: Liveratuin Day
Famous monuments:
The Hunnebedden

Kamp Westerbork

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Mountains: The Vaalserberg, 323 m.

Famous people from the country:
Ruud Gullit
(Former footballer)

Prince Willem Alexander
Princess Maxima

Doutzen Kroes
(Model)

Popular sports: Gymnastics and skating
Biggest river(s): The Rijn and The Maas
Seas or oceans around the country: The North Sea

Created by eTwinning Team, from Mehmet Ahmet Genรง Ortaokulu,
TURKEY

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United Kingdom
(EU)

By the French team, 5E, CollĂ¨ge Pasteur
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ENGLAND
(EU)

Situation in Europe:

Capital city: LONDON
Size of the country: 130,410 square kilometers
Number of inhabitants: +/- 53,000,000 inhabitants
Official language(s): English
Money: not Euro - Pound Sterling (ÂŁ)

Mountains: The highest mountain is Mount Ağrı which is 5137
meters.
Famous people from the country :
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk - Founder of modern Turkey.
Suleyman the Magnificient - Ottoman Emperor.
Mehmet the Conqueror - Ottoman Emperor.
Popular sports :
Naim Sülemanoğlu: Weightlifter.
Aslı Çakır Alptekin: She is a middle distance runner.

Biggest river: Kızılırmak is the longest river which is 1355 km.
Seas or oceans around the country: Black Sea, Aegean Sea and
Mediterranean Sea. We also have an inner sea: Sea of Marmara.
Created by B1 class / Greek team, from 1st Secondary
School of Zefyri, Greece
(Pupils that had worked on this ID card are: Manos
Vasilakis and Andriannos89Agiazi)

A magnificent project, on which the Mavo 2 students from CSG Willem von Oranje
have often worked.
The exchange with the cards, especially, was done with great enthusiasm. Sending
them, and the pleasure of receiving all the cards, was a great success.
All the cards are still hanging in the room.
And now another year has passed and we know much more of Europe, and look
back with pleasure on this great and special project!